She is a professor in Epidemiology, Ecology in Public Health, and Biology, Ecology and Taxonomy of Culicidae in the School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She studied at the University of Sao Paulo and got her PhD degree in 1994 based on research on the systematics of the Spissipes Section of Culex (Melanoconion) (Culicidae). Her educational journey in the United States involved post-doctoral studies on Anophelinae mosquitoes at the Natural Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, and a one-year position as a Senior Visiting Researcher at The Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit in Suitland, MD. Her work there involved the revision of species of the Leucosphyrus Group of Anopheles, subgenus Cellia, with a description of six new species in collaboration with EL Peyton and Rick Wilkerson. Upon her return, she coordinated several projects in biology and systematics of Culicidae with an emphasis on Anophelinae. Later, she expanded her focus on field research to include malaria across the Amazon River basin, focusing specially on ecology, the impact of environmental change on mosquito assemblages and increased risk of acquiring Plasmodium infection. She has a broad background in biology, ecology, and public health, with specific training and expertise in key research areas for vector-borne diseases. During her university career, she has built strong collaborations with other institutions and has an extensive network of national and international collaborators. In 2008, she was awarded with John Belkin Award by the American Mosquito Control Association for her meritorious contribution to biology and/or systematics of Culicidae. In 2023, she was elected by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene as an ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow in the Society for her eminent contributions to some phase of tropical medicine and hygiene. ResearcherID: B-8537-2012; Scopus Author ID: 7004350987 (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Recently Brazil has been affected by unexpected arbovirus epidemics of Zika, Chikungunya, dengue and Yellow fever viruses. The huge economic burden of Zika (R$ 1 billion) and the widespread presence of mosquito vectors in Brazil highlights the need for accurate predictions of disease spread, particularly in large, densely populated regions. This UK-Brazil Partnership will enhance and expa…
The Faculty of Public Health of the University of São Paulo discussed the application of the Institutional Technical Reserve - FAPESP 2017 - in its various instances. Three departments - Epidemiology, Nutrition, Environmental Health, NUPENS and Unit director office presented proposals that were appreciated by the members of the Unit's Research Committee that elaborated a single plan for t…
The Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo discussed the implementation of RTI FAPESP 2016 in its various instances. Three departments and the information technology section, this board linked to the FSP, presented their proposals for discussion by members of the Unit of Research Commission which prepared a single plan for the implementation of resources. The plan was submitted…
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The primary vector involved in the dynamics of malaria transmission in the Amazon Region, Anopheles darlingi, is capable of rapidly adapting to microgeographic changes resulting from new environmental conditions, such as those found in agricultural settlement. Therefore, the presence of this mosquito represents a major threat to human health in Latin America. The presented proposal will e…
The structural and functional modifications in natural landscapes, caused by human activities, create ecological and environmental conditions that favor the establishment and circulation of mosquito vectors as well as the pathogens associated with human malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. In addition, the land use patterns caused by the processes of human migration represent one of the major…
Malaria is a major public health problem in Brazil, with over 120,000 cases reported in 2014. The epidemiology of the disease is complex, not only for its biological cycle, which involves six species of the protozoan Plasmodium, and several species of Anopheles mosquitoes, but also because it is intrinsically linked to environmental political, social and economic factors, besides the lack…
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The subgenus Melanoconion Theobald, is a medically significant by the reason that several species are important vectors of encephalitis and arboviruses. However, previous taxonomic studies demonstrates great problems for the identification of their species, especially for those belonging to Melanoconion Section, as representatives of Atratus and Educator Groups. These groups have species …
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